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The Times of India Monday December 31, 2007
Bumper year for city in IT hiring |
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The Hindu Business Line Monday December 24, 2007
De-risking the staffing business |
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The Economic Times Thursday December 12, 2007
Career detours:Pursue dreams amid sabbatical breaks |
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The Economic Times Thursday November 29, 2007
Rupee blow : IT cos to go slow on hiring support staff |
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The Hindu Business Line Monday November 26, 2007
Building high performance teams |
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The Economic Times Tuesday November 13, 2007
IT giants fine-tune bench management |
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The Hindu Friday November 2, 2007
IT companies tighten purse strings to cut costs |
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Times of India, Sept 17, 2007
Indian tech campuses turn melting pots of diversities |
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Times of India, August 23, 2007
IT companies create shadow talent pool |
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Economic Times, August 22, 2007
IT companies show the door to deadwoods |
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Times of India, June 26, 2007
Bubble CEOs’ fill vacuum on top |
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DNA, June 15, 2007
Men are top job ditchers, women loyal, says study |
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Economic Times, May 28, 2007
Recruitment Sector gets into M&A mode |
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Times of India, May 03, 2007
Women slam move to ban night shift |
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Business Line, March 06, 2007
Venture Capital firms' move to recruit, retain talent |
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Business Line, March 01, 2007
Union Budget 2007-08 for Women |
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Times of India, Feb 22, 2007
Talent also has a shelf-life |
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Women slam move to ban night shift |
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Thanuja B M & Sushmita Mohapatra |
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BANGALORE: The state government’s proposal to stop women working in night shift is biased and discriminative, say women professionals from across industry domains.
Labour Minister Iqbal Ansari has on Labour Day said that the state would enact a legislation that would ban women working beyond 8 p.m. Women from IT-BT industries and other essential services like hospitals would however, be exempted.
By bringing in a legislation like this, the government would simply be shying away from its duty of providing round-the-clock security for its citizens, irrespective of the gender. And since certain industries, like IT, BPO and healthcare are allowed to deploy women on night assignments, it’s again going to be discriminative against industry verticals.
“The human intelligence sometimes fails to understand the logic behind having such regulations. Today women are neck-to-neck with their male counterparts at work. What’s the objective of introducing this no-night-work norm for women? Does this mean that women are incapable of working during night?” asks Bhanushree Ramamoorthy, a senior executive at a non-IT firm TMG.
Dona Fernandes of Vimochana feels that the government was being selective about allowing night sectors. “What is the rationale behind excluding women from IT-BT sectors? Does this mean that women here are safer, and if they are, in what way?” The ban will bring most women on the streets, as many of them would be sole breadwinners of their family. “This would lead to more exploitation of women. Instead, workplaces should be made more safer”. She added.
By introducing such gender discriminatory rules, the government would be building up a fear psychosis among women employees, their employers and their families. “Are women not being raped in broad daylight? Are men safe in the night? The government should focus on providing fool proof security to employees working during night, irrespective of gender or industry.” argues Shreedevi Rao a PR professional. Offices are never safe during nights however, the travel to work and back could be dangerous if the drivers turn out to be killers or rapists. It id the job of the government and employers to ensure safe transportation says Ad Astra Consultants MD, Nirupama V G, who works and travels round the clock.
Again hundreds of media women work during the night.
Member of Centre of Women Development Studies, New Delhi, Indu Agnihotri, said despite the alarming rise in rape cases in Bangalore, law enforcement had not been tightened. According to Vijaylaxhmi Prabhakar, a sales executive at a retail outlet, “The definition of the term essential services is very subjective. What about retail and hospitality segments, are they not essential?”.
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